Vegetarian StarChristina Pirello Tells Mean Vegans To Have Compassion

Christina Pirello Tells Mean Vegans To Have Compassion

Written by Vegetarian Star on June 4th, 2010 in Authors, Food & Drink.

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Are holier than thou vegans not practicing what they preach?

Christina Pirello, vegan chef and author, recently discussed how some of the most compassionate people in the world–vegans–are not so compassionate when it comes sharing their lifestyle on others.

Drawing on the most radical example of a Sex and the City scene where an activist throws paint on someone to the seemingly harmless trash talk like that found in the Skinny Bitch books, Pirello thinks it’s time everyone lighten up and work harder to include others, versus applying strict labels and making them feel bad.

“So why the exclusion of anyone not choosing this lifestyle? How can we ever hope to achieve ‘oneness’ if one or another group continually sets themselves up as superior and better because they choose to eat brown rice or meditate or eschew animal products? Is anyone really better, smarter, on the fast track to enlightenment? How can anyone ever hope to attract people to gorgeous, gentle, healthy lifestyles that make a light footprint and leave the world a better place if we refuse to let them in because they don’t know or understand?”

Of course, Pirello makes no excuses for meat eaters, and sternly wants them to know their lifestyle isn’t any more compassionate.

“And yes, organic meat is better for health, more humanely raised with no hormones, antibiotics or steroids to deform them, right up until they are ‘humanely’ slaughtered. Please spare me the rationalizing. If you want to eat meat, eat it, but be aware of what you are doing and don’t kid yourself. The animal on your plate had to be killed. If you are okay with that, then it’s your karma — and cardiovascular system.”